I’m sticking to my prediction that music will have to be free and un-DRM’d at some point. There is just no other way. Labels and artists will need to make money from certified-quality downloads, limited edition merchandise, tours, etc. Bands and managers will make a lot more money. Labels will mostly go out of business. And while this debate and courtroom drama continues, Russia-based, pay-by-the-megabyte allofmp3.com is changing the game permanently. The RIAA either needs to go nuclear on them (if they can) or change their own business models for good, because they can’t just continue to pretend they don’t exist.
Agreed, on all counts.
(This post was made, by way of experiment, with Performancing.)
Plus:
- If you haven't seen it already, go read David Berlind's post of today, Why your music collections will bite the DRM dust.
- I've written about allofmp3.com before: here and here.
